"Yeah, about that..."

"Yeah, about that."

"I didn't mean for it to turn out that way," Pam said.

"Huh?" Cindi looked from Matt to Pam, then back. "Oh, wait. Do not tell me that you stole my boyfriend." Tears bubbled in her eyes.

"No, nothing like that." Pam looked nervous. "Not exactly like that at all."

"Not exactly?" Cindi's hands made little fists{if cindidance=true} and Matt suddenly remembered the way Cindi had danced... exactly like she'd been trained in martial arts to kill people with her bare hands ever since she'd been born{endif}. "Exactly what was it like, then?"

"I borrowed your boyfriend. I had to get something over Cai. I told you how she's been ragging me for months."

"Pam didn't want to steal me," Matt said. "She wanted to share me. She wants me to be your boyfriend. She's happy that I'm your boyfriend. She's excited for you to have a boyfriend. Remember, she's the one who took you to get birth control so you could be the perfect girlfriend."

"And she got birth control for herself."

"We can share," Pam said. "Remember when you got sent to your bedroom for talking back to dad and I shared my ice cream with you. It's just like that. We're sisters. We share. We can share Matt. Please!"